Member States - g7plus (2024)

Head of States: Not available
Capital: Kabul

Independence Day: August 19, 1919 – Independence from the United Kingdom
Languages: Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 77% (Dari functions as the lingua franca), Pashto (official) 48%, Uzbek 11%, English 6%, Turkmen 3%, Urdu 3%, Pashayi 1%, Nuristani 1%, Arabic 1%, Balochi 1% (2017 est.)
Population: 36,643,815 (July 2020 est.) According to the world fact book of CIA.
Form of Government: Presidential Islamic Republic
Coordinating Ministry: Not Available

Head of States: H.E. Évariste Ndayishimiye, President @GeneralNeva

Capital: Bujumbura

Independence Day: July 1, 1962 – Independence from Belgium
Languages: Kirundi only 29.7% (official); French only .3% (official); Swahili only .2%; English only .1% (official); Kirundi and French 8.4%; Kirundi, French, and English 2.4%, other language combinations 2%, unspecified 56.9% (2008 est.)

Population: 11,865,821 (July 2020 est.) (the world fact book of CIA)
Form of Government: Presidential Republic
Coordinating Ministry:

• Ministry of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation @MAEBurundi

Head of States: H.E. Faustin-Archange Touadera, President

Capital: Bangui

Independence Day: August 13, 1960 – Independence from France

Languages: French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national language), tribal languages

Population: 5,990,855 (July 2020 est.)

Form of Government: Presidential Republic
Coordinating Ministry:

• Ministry of Economy, Planning and Cooperation
• Ministry Of Foreign Affairs And Central African Abroad @SylvieBAIPO_RCA

Head of States: H.E. Mahamat Déby, President

Capital: Ndjamena

Independence Day: August 11, 1960 – Independence from France

Languages: French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects

Population: 16,877,357 (July 2020 est.) The World Fact Book.

Form of Government: Presidential Republic
Coordinating Ministry:

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs @Cherif_MZ
• Ministry of Economy, Development Planning and International Cooperation @Mepdci @Mbatraki
• Minister of Finance and Budget @TahirHamidN

Head of States: H.E. Azali Assoumani, President

Capital: Moroni

Independence Day: July 6, 1975 – Independence from France

Languages: French (official), Arabic (official), Shikomoro (official), Comorian

Population: 846,281 (July 2020 est.)

Form of Government: Federal Presidential Republic
Coordinating Ministry:

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Commissioner General for Planning, Union of the Comoros

Head of States: H.E. Alassane Dramane OUATTARA, President

Capital: Abidjan

Independence Day: August 7, 1960 – Independence from France

Languages: French (official), 60 native dialects of which Dioula is the most widely spoken

Population: 27,481,086 (July 2020 est.)

Form of Government: Presidential Republic
Coordinating Ministry:

• Ministry of Planning and Development – @MPD_CI @niale_kaba
• Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and the Diaspora –@Kandiacamara_Of

Head of States: H.E. Felix TSHISEKEDI, President

Capital: Kinshasa

Independence Day: June 30, 1960 – Independence from Belgium

Languages: French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba

Population: 101,780,263 (July 2020 est.)

Form of Government: Semi Presidential Republic

Coordinating Ministry:

• Minister of State in charge of Planning – @SuminwaJudith
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs – @RDC_Minafet

Head of States: H.E. Mamady Doumbouya, President

Capital: Conakry

Independence Day: October 2, 1958 – Independence from France

Languages: French (official), Pular, Maninka, Susu, other native languages

Population: 12,527,440 (July 2020 est.)

Form of Government: Presidential Republic

Coordinating Ministry:

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, of African Integration and Guineans Abroad – @morissanda
• Ministry of Economy, Finance and Planning – @MEF_GN

Head of States: H.E. Umaro Sissoco Embaló, President @USEmbalo

Capital: Bissau

Independence Day: September 24, 1973 – Declaration of Independence from Portugal

Languages: Crioulo (lingua franca), Portuguese (official; largely used as a second or third language), Pular (a Fula language), Mandingo

Population: 1,927,104 (July 2020 est.)

Form of Government: Semi Presidential Republic

Coordinating Ministry:

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Communities of Guinea-Bissau@SuziCarlaBarbo1
• Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Integration

Head of States: Dr. Ariel Henry, Prime Minister of Haitï, @DrArielHenry

Capital: Port-au-Prince

Independence Day: January 1, 1804 – Declaration of Independence from France

Languages: French (official), Creole (official)

Population: 11,067,777 (July 2020 est.)

Form of Government: Semi Presidential Republic

Coordinating Ministry:

• Ministry of Planning, Environment and External Cooperation @MPCEHa
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship @MAE_Haiti

Head of States: H.E. Joseph Nyumah Boakai

Capital: Monrovia

Independence Day: July 26, 1847 – Independence from the American Colonization Society

Languages: English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages few of which can be written or used in correspondence

Population: 5,073,296 (July 2020 est.)

Form of Government: Presidential Republic

Coordinating Ministry:

• Ministry of Finance & Development Planning (MFDP)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Head of States: H.E. James Marape, Prime Minister @JamesMarape

Capital: Port Moresby

Independence Day: September 16, 1975 Independence from Australia of the former territory of Papua and New Guinea

Languages: Tok Pisin (official), English (official), Hiri Motu

Population: 7,259,456 (July 2020 est.)

Form of Government: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm

Coordinating Ministry:

• Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Trade
• Ministry of Finance

Head of States: H.E. Carlos Vila Nova, President

Capital: Sao Tome

Independence Day: July 12, 1975 Independence from Portugal

Languages: Portuguese 98.4% (official), Forro 36.2%, Cabo Verdian 8.5%, French 6.8%, Angolar 6.6%, English 4.9%, Lunguie 1%, other (including sign language) 2.4% (2012 est.)

Population: 211,122 (July 2020 est.)

Form of Government: Semi Presidential Republic

Coordinating Ministry:

• MinistryforForeign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities of the Democratic Republic ofSao Tome and Principe
• Ministry of Planning, Finance and Blue Economy

Head of States: H.E. Julius Maada Bio, President _@PresidentBio

Capital: Freetown

Independence Day: April 27, 1961 – Independence from the United Kingdom

Languages: English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)

Population: 6,624,933 (July 2020 est.)

Form of Government: Presidential Republic

Coordinating Ministry:

• Ministry of Planning and Economic Development@kaikaifm @moped2022
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Head of States: H.E. Manasseh Sogavare, Prime Minister

Capital: Honiara

Independence Day: July 7, 1978 – Independence from the United Kingdom

Languages: Melanesian pidgin (in much of the country is lingua franca), English (official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population), 120 indigenous languages

Population: 685,097 (July 2020 est.)

Form of Government: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm

Coordinating Ministry:

• Ministry of Traditional Governance, Peace and Ecclesiastical Affairs
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade

Head of States:

H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President @TheVillaSomalia

@HassanSMohamud

Capital: Mogadishu

Independence Day: July 01, 1960 Independence from United Kingdom

Languages: Somali (official, according to the 2012 Transitional Federal Charter), Arabic (official, according to the 2012 Transitional Federal Charter), Italian, English

Population: 11,757,124 (July 2020 est.)

Form of Government: Federal Parliamentary Republic

Coordinating Ministry:

• Ministry of Planning, Investment & Economy Development
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation @MOFASomalia

Head of States:

H.E. Salva KIIR Mayardit, President @SouthSudanGov

Capital: Juba

Independence Day: July 9, 2011 Independence from Sudan

Languages: English (official), Arabic, Dinka, Nuer, Bari, Zande, Shilluk

Population: 10,561,244 (July 2020 est.)

Form of Government: Presidential Republic

Coordinating Ministry:

• Ministry of Finance & Planning
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation @amb_wani@MFASouthSudan

Head of States: H.E. Jose Ramos-Horta, President

Capital: Dili

Independence Day: 28 November 1975 was the date independence was proclaimed from Portugal; 20 May 2002 was the date of international recognition of Timor-Leste’s independence from Indonesia

Languages: Tetum (Official ), Portugese (Official), Bahasa Indonesia and English

Population: 1,383,723 (July 2020 est.)

Form of Government: Semi Presidential Republic

Coordinating Ministry:

• Ministry of Finance
• Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

Head of States: H.E. Faure GNASSINGBE, President@FEGnassingbe

Capital: Lomé

Independence Day: April 27, 1960 Independence day from France

Languages: French (official, the language of commerce), Ewe and Mina (the two major African languages in the south), Kabye (sometimes spelled Kabiye) and Dagomba (the two major African languages in the north)
Population: 8,608,444 (July 2020 est.)

Form of Government: Presidential Republic

Coordinating Ministry:

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs @rdussey
• Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation

Head of States: H.E. Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council

Capital: Sana’a

Independence Day:November 30, 1967 – Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom

Languages: Arabic (Official)
Population: 29,884,405 (July 2020 est.)

Form of Government: Presidential Republic

Coordinating Ministry:

• Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates @BinmubarakAhmed @yemen_mofa